...A seemingly new Japanese Label playing into the field this week is Xavel Silver Master Masterpiece Series with two new titles...pictured above is the 6CD AC/DC set, "Diabolus Ex Machina" which captures three nights during their 2010 Japanese leg of the Black Ice Tour - two shows at the Saitama Super Arena on March 12th & 14th recorded from the audience, and another audience tape from Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 16th, 2010...Nearly crossing paths during the same timeframe was BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND...pictured below are the two sister titles, "Memories In Nagoya Side A" and "Memories In Nagoya Side B" which document the performances on March 18th & 19th, 2010 in Nagoya - also from audience sources and both are 2CD sets...

...The freshest of info to the desktop are new titles announced from the Shades Label and pictured above we have the OZZY OSBOURNE release "Angel & Demon" 1CD featuring a fantasic show from Mecca Auditorium in Milwaukee on January 22nd, 1982,plus a limited bonus CDR "Best Live Tapes 1980-1982"...also from Shades comes GARY MOORE "Pray For Victims" 2CD, leveraging a 'perfect' audience recording from The Budokan in Tokyo on February 29, 1984...Also announced from Virtuoso is yet another UK title, this one is called "Progress Index" 1CD which documents the bands' July 7, 1978 show in New Yorks' Central Park via a superb audience recording...

...And that's the quick n' dirty of it for this final installment for the first quarter 2010...Please note that should any announcements come across over the next couple of days, we'll post that info both on the News Ticker on our homepage -AND, right here as an amendement to this March 30th column...Thanks for playing and have yourself an awesome week!...

Svengi, March 30, 2010